8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago in dozens of shootings over Labor Day weekend

CHICAGO AP Eight people were killed and others were wounded in dozens of shootings in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend according to police Between Friday night and Monday night a total of people were shot in separate shootings in the nation s third-largest city according to preliminary information from police The majority involved one victim but multiple people were injured in three of the shootings Greater part sufferers were in good or fair condition but several were listed in serious or critical condition In a handful of cases police noted a person of interest was being questioned but in greater part no suspect was in custody Over Labor Day weekend last year seven people were killed six of them by gunfire and more than others were wounded in shootings over the holiday weekend police announced The number of shootings reflects a common occurrence in Chicago particularly over long holiday weekends in summer when specific areas on the city s West and South sides in particular experience localized gun violence with higher crime rates The city s police department and other agencies frequently increase their own street presence ahead of these summer weekends along with district groups that aim to decrease the menace of gun violence This weekend s violence though has received higher national scrutiny amid President Donald Trump s administration s threats to use federal agencies or possibly National Guard troops on Chicago s streets Late Saturday seven people were shot along South State Street and police reported the preliminary examination indicated that a person in a passing motorcycle opened fire into a crowd The casualties two women and five men were listed in good condition About two hours later around a m Sunday four people were shot along West Haddon Avenue a insufficient miles away and police disclosed their preliminary analysis indicated that people in two passing vehicles opened fire on people standing outside The casualties a man and three women were all listed in good condition police mentioned Early Monday officers responding to a analysis of a large disturbance heard gunshots a short distance away then located five people shot on South Cottage Grove Avenue about a mile from Saturday night s shooting A -year-old boy was listed in critical condition police declared The other casualties all adults were listed in good or fair condition Four firearms were recovered from the shooting scene and a person of interest was being questioned The Trump administration in recent days deployed National Guard troops to Washington D C to target crime immigration and homelessness and previously sent troops to Los Angeles On Saturday Trump warned Illinois Gov JB Pritzke r in a social media post that he must straighten out Chicago s crime problems rapidly or we re coming The Trump administration is expected to expand immigration operations in Chicago On Sunday Department of Homeland Safeguard Secretary Kristi Noem proven plans for a stepped-up presence of federal agents in the city The Republican president has criticized Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson both Democrats and they have stressed that crime has fallen in Chicago planning to sue if the plan moves forward On Saturday Johnson informed on the social platform X that he signed an executive order directing all city departments to protect Chicagoans and not collaborate with federal overreach saying they can t perfectly predict how an erratic and impulsive administration will act Violent crime has dropped in contemporary years in Chicago but it remains a persistent localized concern for the city with a population of million Certain neighborhoods with the highest homicide rates have times more homicides than those with the lowest rates according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab Last year the city disclosed homicides the largest part of any U S city that year according to the Rochester Institute of Instrument So far this year homicides and shootings are down when compared to the same period last year according to police There were homicides from Jan to Sept last year but so far this year There were shootings from Jan to Sept in but so far this year Source